For Researchers

Veteran pollster Peter Hart and Hart Research Associates conducted their final focus group of the 2016 election cycle on October 25. They brought together a group of a dozen men and women in Charlotte, N.C., who remain undecided with two weeks left until election day, November 8.READ MORE

On August 25, pollster Peter Hart brought together a focus group of a dozen swing voters in Milwaukee to discuss their opinions of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and their general views of the election and the state of the country.READ MORE

On June 20, a focus group of eleven Pittsburgh blue-collar and working-class voters was brought together by pollster Peter Hart of Hart Research to discuss the 2016 presidential election. The session is the fifth in the “Voices of the Voters” project for the 2016 election cycle.READ MORE

How do Republicans in the Midwest perceive Donald Trump’s strengths and weaknesses? On March 22, 2016, a week after the Missouri GOP primary, Peter Hart gathered a dozen voters in St. Louis to discuss Trump’s candidacy.READ MORE

On Nov. 16, 2015, Peter D. Hart and Corrie Hunt, both of Hart Research Associates, conducted a set of two focus groups in Columbus, Ohio, as part of the “Voices of the Voters” project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.READ MORE

Scientists can minimize the likelihood that their message will be rejected in a politically polarized environment by avoiding advocacy, relying on trusted sources, and inviting the audience to understand the evidence that justifies the scientific conclusion, according to a new study by Annenberg Public Policy Center researchers published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It showed that conservatives were able to draw the correct inferences about the downward trend in the Arctic sea ice despite exposure to a misleading Fox News report.READ MORE